By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
The Director of Public Prosecutions has discontinued the most recent private criminal charges filed by Opposition Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall against three sitting Government Ministers. Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams confirmed this afternoon that the private criminal charges against Ministers Winston Jordan, Rupert Roopnarine and David Patterson have been discontinued. The Opposition People’s Progressive […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
With efforts afoot to repair a local government system that suffered years of neglect, Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan on Thursday morning issued a stern warning to persons directly involved with the management of the financial resources for the various councils. He made it clear that there will be “no shelter” neither will Central Government condone […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
Town Clerk of Georgetown Royston King today rejected the possibility of the cash-strapped Council seeking any form of financial assistance from Central Government. King withheld support for such a move even as the Georgetown Mayor and City Council continues to fall behind in its payment to staff, its payment of utilities and also has huge […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News
Two months after being pitched from a utility pole while installing internet cables, a GTT technician has died. The man, David Kunath, died early this morning, just one day after he was released from the hospital following multiple surgeries. Kunath had been nursing serious burns and other injuries about his body. It was early on […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
Crime, News
One day after strangling his reputed wife to death, a West Bank Demerara man has now succumbed to his self inflicted injuries. Forty-year-old Nigel Glasgow died early this morning after Police rushed him back to the hospital following his complaints of pain. The man was taken to the West Demerara Hospital yesterday after he was […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2018
News, Politics
The Guyana Public Service union is calling for a comprehensive safety and health audit at workplaces occupied by state-employed workers and for immediate steps to be taken, where necessary, to effect upgrading measures. The call by the union is in response to the situation that developed at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. At the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2018
Crime, News
A man who slaughters animals for a living, during the wee hours of this morning killed his reputed wife at their Wales, West Bank Demerara home. The man who has been identified as Nigel Glasgow is currently at the West Demerara Regional Hospital under police guard. Relatives said he ingested a poisonous substance after murdering […]
By News Source Guyana on April 24, 2018
Crime, News
A Trade Unionist walked briskly into Court today to face a verdict for the rape of an 8-year-old girl, but his confidence ended when he was slapped with two life in prison sentences after the jury returned a guilty verdict. The man, Michael Williams stood before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and showed no emotions throughout the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 24, 2018
News, Politics
Days after agents at the Guyana Revenue Authority took control of a vessel which entered Port Georgetown and failed to disclose that it had fuel on board, the GRA has announced that it is likely to recover taxes well over GYD$35 million. GRA Head, Godfrey Statia disclosed today that there were over 200,000 gallons of unmarked fuel […]
By News Source Guyana on April 24, 2018
News, Politics
Just over a month after Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) lost its legal tax battle with the Guyana Revenue Authority, it is now being notified that it will not benefit from the ongoing tax amnesty for delinquent taxpayers. GRA’s Commissioner General, Godfrey Statia told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that “there will be no amnesty for this particular taxpayer.” “If you […]
